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Identification
Hosting Legal Entity
Self-standing RI
Legal Status
Research organisation
Location
Wandelaarkaai 7 (entrance: warehouse 48), InnovOcean site, Ostend, PO: 8400 (Belgium)
Structure
Type Of RI
Distributed, Mobile
Coordinating Country
Belgium
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Provider Country:
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Belgium
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Marine Station Ostend (MSO)
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Oceanographic Research Vessel Simon Stevin (RV Simon Stevin)
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RIB Zeekat
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Status
Status
Current Status:
Operational
since 1999
Scientific Description
The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) promotes accumulation of marine knowledge and excellence in marine research in Flanders. The marine research areas are the ocean and seas, the coast and the tidal systems. The target groups for knowledge accumulation are the marine research community as well as educational institutions, the general public, policymakers and the industry (within the scope of the blue economy).
RI Keywords
Marine biology, Marine Observations, Marine and coastal research, Oceanographic, Marine science, Multidisciplinary, Marine, Research vessel, Marine Research, ROV
Classifications
RI Category
Biological/Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology/Nanotechnology Research Facilities
In situ Marine/Freshwater Observatories
Environmental Health Research Facilities
In situ Marine/Freshwater Observatories
Environmental Health Research Facilities
Scientific Domain
Engineering and Energy
Chemistry and Material Sciences
Biological and Medical Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Chemistry and Material Sciences
Biological and Medical Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
ESFRI Domain
Environment
Health and Food
Health and Food
Services
data or assistance with data management
Scientific Diving Team
VLIZ has a scientific diving team consisting of seven members, supplemented with about five volunteers, all in the possession of the required diving certificates to perform scientific diving operations in the North Sea and the inland waters. The diving team is equipped with modern diving gear and safety equipment.
Equipment
Underway data acquisition system onboard the RV Simon Stevin
multi-corer vibrocorer
Augmented Reality Sandbox
Sediment profile imaging (SPI)
Reineck box corer
Flow cytometer
Video plankton recorder
two binocular compound microscopes (Leica DM500 and DM1000)
Multibeam sonar
Multi-transducer sub-bottom echosounder
Hamon grab
Niskin bottle
Sieving table
Fish acoustic receiver network
Portable Multibeam Sonar System
Batcorder
Neuston net
Go-flo bottle
Sensor network for large birds
Methane sensor
MIK-net
Van Veen grab
Tripode
Secchi disc
FlowCAM
Gilson Dredge
Otter trawl
Bongo net
two stereomicroscopes (Leica M80 and M205a)
Book scanner
Aeolian sand transport measuring system
Cohesive Strength Meter (CSM)
plankton pump
CTD
Fish sorting table
Apstein net
Cryofreezer - 80°C
Carrousel with six Niskin bottles
Vertical plankton net - WP2
Singlebeam sonar
Core Repository
Wilson auto-siever
Video frame
CalCoFi plankton net
HydroFIA alkalinity system
Scatter and transmission meter LISST-100/200X
zooSCAN
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Genesis
Automated Infra-Red Inorganic Carbon Analyzer (AIRICA)
hyperbenthic sledge
Water tanks for marine organisms
Beam Trawl
Fluorimeter
Collaborations
Networks
Eurofleets (FP7)
European Research Vessels Operators (ERVO)
Date of last update: 22/05/2019
